Brennan and Peta Fielding are raising their glasses after claiming a top award at this year's Brewers Association Beer World Cup in the United States.

Burleigh Brewing Company's Director of Brewing Operations, Brennan Fielding, says the competition is "often said to be the 'Olympics of beer' - it is the biggest competition in the world."

This year 799 breweries from 54 countries entered in the awards, with 3 921 individual beers submitted into 95 categories.

"There were 220 judges from 40 countries - literally it is a global download of beer and it is the most highest award of beer I think you can get in the world," says Brennan.

"Just because of the sheer size and the competition you're up against - no other competition has that many breweries involved, or that many countries involved. If you get a gold in that competition, it's the pinnacle, and I was very excited to receive the medal for that one."

Brennan and Peta's gold medal was awarded in the 'German Wheat Beer' category.

Brennan says the German media was astounded when they won the gong.

"Right after my wife and I walked off the stage after receiving the plaque, German TV was there in our face saying, 'What have you done? Why have you taken the medal away from Germany?'.

"I just had to explain how much I like the style, and how much respect I have for the style," he says.

He says he has been a fan of this style of beer since the late 80s "so it's been quite a while of drinking this and always appreciating it all this time and so you can't believe this - it's such an honour to finally get recognised as the world's best wheat beer - it just blows my mind."

The award is also a huge boost for the couple's business, that is a relatively young and small operation.

The brewery was first established in 2006, with the first beers brewed in May 2007, and the first beers released in August 2007.